Water-purifier.



E. BOWMAN & J. A. WALL'AGE.

WATER PURIFIER.

APPLICATION FILED 0015, 1909.

986,897.. Patented Mar.14, 1911. 1

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E. BOWMAN & J. A.- WALLACE.

WATER PURIFIER. APPLICATION FILED b015, 1909.

Patented Maf.14',1911.

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Be it known that we,-,Euwam Bowman and Joanna A. citizens oi the UnitedStates, residin county of \Vhite Pine, tat e of Nevada,have

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Purifiers; and we'do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, andexact'description' of the invention, such as will. enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to 'make and use the same. f H

This invention relates "to improvements in water purifiers and has foronegof-its ob ects the provision ofa device oi that kind so constructedthat-thesand or other refuse from the water may be"'readilyprefier. I pAnother object is the provisionoffa'fpair ticles of sand or otherforeign matter in the water will be prevented from rising in the severalcompartments of the purifier.

With these and other objects in view-as will more fully hereinafterappear, the resent invention consists in certain nove de-' tails ofconstruction and arrangement of; parts; hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointedout in the appended claim, it being understood thatvarious changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details 'of the device maybe madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages-of the invention. 7

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification :-+Figure'1 IS a longitudinal sectional. view of the device. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view-of the 'same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3is a similar view onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate throughout. v

The device consists'of a casing having. a bottom plate 5, oblongincontour and from the opposite sides of which rise the side walls 6 andTand fro'm the opposite ends of which rise the end walls 8 and 9. In thepresent instance a top '10 is shown bearing on the upper edges of theside and end walls; the use of this member however,.will be optiona.since it will be understood, from what at McGill,' in the correspondingparts Specifica ion iett Patented Mar. 14., 1911. Applicationflledpctober 5, 1909} Serial m..521,119.

will appear later, how the device might operate without the use of a topor cover 10.

Arranged longitudinally of the tank are a pairof oppositely arrangedside or hearing? plates 11 and 12. These members incliu: t

upwardly and outwardly from'the bottom 5 and their lower edges aresecured to the latter and on opposite-sides of the longitudinal :eentralline thereof, while their .upper sides are secured to the opposed inof;

ner faces ofthe side walls 6 and With this construction itis evidentthat a pitch is. given the bottom. The plates l'l and 12 1 are furthersupported bymeans'of -a pair of struts; 13 and 14, the opposite ends ofwhich are secured to the inner faces of the plates and at-the cornersformed by the juncture of the bottom and side plates;

As shown Fig. 1; the tank or casing is nter1orly divided into threecompartments. It' must be understood however, that we are net to. belimited to this specific number o compartments since it will ht e ident,from .what will appear later, how a greater or less number ofcompartments -might be so formed without departing from the-spirit ofthe invention. Each of the compartments is formed of a pair ofoppositely arranged walls or partitions 15 and 16.

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the compartment at the rightend of the casing is formed by positioning the partition or wall 15 at aslight distance in advance of the end wall 8. The partition 15- isslightlyless in length than the distance be- 9* tween the bottom plate 8and upper edges of the side and end walls so that when it is secured inposition with its upper end coincident with the upper edges or the sideand end walls a space will exist between its.

lower end and the bottom plate 5. So also -will a space 1-7 existbet-ween the partition and adjacent endvtall. This space 17 willconstitute an inlet and the space between the lower end of the partition15 and bottom plate,.a n opening for the admission of the liquid fromthe space 17 to the opposite side 7 of the partition. The lower end ofthe partition 15 is formed to bear on the upper faces of the plateslland 12 and its opposite sides are fixedly secured to the opposed innerfaces of the side plates 6 and 7. The opposite partition 16 is spacedfrom the partition 15 for a considerable distance, and j correspondsapproximately in length to the O length of the partition 15. The lowerend of the partition 16 is formed to bear on the plates 11 and 12 andalso on the bottom plate 5, and when so positioned its upper end will beconsiderably below the plane of the upper edges of the partition 15,side and end walls. Thus it will be-seen that water flowing through theinlet 17 and intothe compartment formed by the partitions 15 and 16,will rise in the said compartment to the height of the partition 16whereupon water flowing through the several compartments will beheld-and prevented from flowing through the outlet end of the purifier.The-battle 19 is .carriedby the partition 15 and has its upper sidefixedly secured to the intermediate portion of said partition and. onthe inner face thereof." The baffle 19 ex-" tends downwardlyand'outwardlyto a point in a plane with the lower edge of the parti tion15 and is spaced from the opposite par tition 16- for a distance equaltothe space bet-ween the lower edge of the partition 15 and bottom 5, orsubstantially so. The op posite -halite 18 is carried by the partition-16 and has its upper side fixedly secured to the inner face and adjacentthe upper end I ahd the like.

of the partition 16 and extends downwardly and outwardly to a pointadjacent the intermediate portion of the upper face of the battle 19,the space between the edge of the baffle 18 and face of the bailie 19corresponding approximately to the space between the partition 15 andbottom 5. With this construction it is obvious when the liquid entersthe inlet 17 and flows into the compartment formed by the partitions 15and 16 it will rise inthe pocketformed by the ballle 1!) and work itsway through the opening between the 'lower end of the said baille andadjacent the partition 16 and thence upwardly andinto the pocket formedby the baille 1.8 and partition and'thence through the opening betweenthe lower end of the battle 18 and baflie 10 and over the upper edgeof-the partition 16. Thus it will be seen as the water flows through thecompartments that the heavier grainsof sand and other foreign matter,will'b'e' first collected in the first compartment and the lighterparticles flowing over and into the second compartment whereby theoperation just described will be effected and tend to rid the water ofthe lighter grains of sand It is evident with thisconstruction thatafter the water has passed through three or morev of these compartmentsit willbe completely rid'of all foreign matter. I

The outlet pipe is designated by the numeral 20 and is located adjacentthe upper end of the. end wall 9 and at a point in a plane'with theupper edges of the parti tions 16.

'By referring now to Figs. 1'to3 inclusive it will be seen thatdepending from the bottom 5 between the plates 11 and 12 are a pluralityof'outlet-tubes 21. These members decrease in diameter from the inletend cut-off valve. The cut-01f valves are provided with valve stems 22,which terminate in crankhandles 23. The valve stems 22 andcrankhandles23 are all arranged on the .same .sideof the outlet pipe and-areconnected together by a single connecting rod or link 25L. By referencenow to F1 s. 2'-

and 3 .itwill be seen. that depending rom the outer side of the bottom 5is a bracket 25, the lower end of which extends to a point in a planewith the link 24, and journaled in this bracket arm is a shaft '26, the

inner end of which has keyed or otherwise secured thereto a quadrant 27,the teeth of which. mesh with the teeth formed on me lower side. of; oneportion of the link 24. The opposite end of the shaft 26 is providedwith a crank handle 28.. Projecting laterally from the intermediateportion of the outer face of the side wall 6 of the easof the casing andare each-provided with a 30 is movedin one direction that the shaftopening the valves, whereby the sand or other matter in the bottom ofthetank will flow through the outlet tubes 21. 7 An inclined trough orchute 31 is positioned below theoutlet tubes 21'and receives the matterflowing through said tubes and directs it to a. suitable receptacle.

lVhat is claimed as new, is

The herein described water purifier comprising a casing, a chambertherein, spaced partitions at opposite sides ofthe chamber fol-min inletand outlet channels the former discharging into the bottom and thelattcrleading. from the top of said chamher, oppositely inclined halllcsin said chamber disposed at different elevations and one overhanging theother and means for discharging sediment from the bottoms of saidchamber and said channel, said means comprising a plurality of dischargetubes,

a valve in each discharge tube, a crank handle operatively connected toeach valve, a link connecting all of said crank handles, ratchet teethformed on the lower edge of said link, a bracket supported by said casing, a shaft journaled in said bracket :1 toothed member mountedeccentrically on said shaft and operatively engaging the 1 teeth on thesaid shaft.

In testimony whereof, We allix our signatures, in presence of two\vitncsse.

link and means for rotating H. AULT.

